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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Jeremiah feel uncomfortable about his skin color?
2. As Jeremiah watches his mother prepare dinner, what does he wonder?
3. When Ellie's father comes home, what does she tell him?
4. What is Mr. Hazelton's response when Jeremiah replies that the amendment is the right to silence?
5. What does Jeremiah’s father call him, because he is Black?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jeremiah end up in Ellie's history class?
2. How does Anne react when she finds out Jeremiah is Black?
3. What do various family members tell Jeremiah about his blackness?
4. How does Ellie respond when her father asks her about the boy from school?
5. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?
6. How does Jeremiah feel about his time in history class with Ellie?
7. How does Jeremiah reveal his intelligence in his first day in history class?
8. What is Carlton's response to Miah when asked about being biracial?
9. How does Peter treat Jeremiah?
10. How does Jeremiah feel about being Black when in his own community?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the tone of If You Come Softly? What affects the tone? How does the language used by the author, the personalities of the characters, and the plot influence the tone? What else influences the tone? How does this tone, in turn, affect the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Miah and Ellie have a serious heart to heart as they skip school. What do they discuss? How do they react to each other's stories? What is the significance of this first serious conversation? How does this conversation guide the characters and the plot of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Loneliness is a central idea in If You Come Softly. What has led to this feeling of loneliness? What is the balm for this pain? How does this influence the relationship between Ellie and Miah?
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